**A rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt**
In the poems of __Fate the Hunte__r, many of them translated into English for the first time, trained cheetahs chase oryx, and goshawks glare from falconers’ arms, while archers stalk their prey across the desert plains and mountain ravines of the Arabian peninsula. With this collection, James E. Montgomery, acclaimed translator of __War Songs__ by ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, offers a new edition and translation of twenty-six early works of hunting poetry, or __ṭardiyyāt__. Included here are poems by pre-Islamic poets such as Imruʾ al-Qays and al-Shanfarā, as well as poets from the Umayyad era such as al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk. The volume concludes with the earliest extant epistle about hunting, written by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib, a master of Arabic prose.
Through the eyes of the poet, the hunter’s pursuit of the quarry mirrors Fate’s pursuit of both humans and nonhumans and highlights the ambiguity of the encounter. With breathtaking descriptions of falcons, gazelles, and saluki gazehounds, the poems in __Fate the Hunter__ capture the drama and tension of the hunt while offering meditations on Fate, mortality, and death.
A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

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Fate the Hunter: Early Arabic Hunting Poems (Library of Arabic Literature)

Montgomery, James E.

Library of Arabic Literature Ser, New York, 2023

Library of Arabic literature, New York, 2022

New York University Press, New York, 2022

United States, United States of America

S.l, 2023

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Letter from the General Editor
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map: The Tribes of Pre-Islamic Arabia
Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
1 Fate the Hunter
2 Imruʾ al-Qays: Echoes of Love Lost
3 ʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ: That Mighty Hunter the Eagle
4 ʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ: The Seas of Poetry
5 Al-Muraqqish al-Akbar: When Vultures Enter the Tents
6 Al-Shanfarā: Like a Spleen-Dark Wolf
7 Ṣakhr al-Ghayy: The Workings of Fate
8 Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: In the Grip of the North Wind
9 Al-Muzarrid ibn Ḍirār: My Flood of Words
9 Abū Dhuʾayb: Fate the Hunter
10 Al-Ḥuṭayʾah: Slaughter Me, Father
11 Ḥumayd al-Arqaṭ: A Tall-Necked Horse
12 Ghaylān ibn Ḥurayth: A Hunter since Her Youth
13 Ghaylān ibn Ḥurayth: A Stipple-Cheeked Gos
14 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: Her Assegai Beak
15 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: His Dark Elation
16 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: An Irate Stare
17 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: A Dark Gos
18 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: Like a Mill
19 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: Clothes Ignite
20 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: Like Two Rubies
21 Al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk: Dawn Shines Pink
22 Abū l-Najm al-ʿIjlī: Harried by the Jinn
23 Abū l-Najm al-ʿIjlī: Dyed Dark with Gore
24 Abū l-Najm al-ʿIjlī: Full of Bloodlust
25 Abū l-Najm al-ʿIjlī: Coils Scraping on Coils
26 Abū l-Najm al-ʿIjlī: The Hills Shimmered
27 ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib: To the Beat of the Drums
Note to the English Translation
Glossary
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
About the Typefaces
Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
About the Editor–Translator

A rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt
In the poems of Fate the Hunte r, many of them translated into English for the first time, trained cheetahs chase oryx, and goshawks glare from falconers’ arms, while archers stalk their prey across the desert plains and mountain ravines of the Arabian peninsula. With this collection, James E. Montgomery, acclaimed translator of War Songs by ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād, offers a new edition and translation of twenty-six early works of hunting poetry, or ṭardiyyāt . Included here are poems by pre-Islamic poets such as Imruʾ al-Qays and al-Shanfarā, as well as poets from the Umayyad era such as al-Shamardal ibn Sharīk. The volume concludes with the earliest extant epistle about hunting, written by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib, a master of Arabic prose.
Through the eyes of the poet, the hunter’s pursuit of the quarry mirrors Fate’s pursuit of both humans and nonhumans and highlights the ambiguity of the encounter. With breathtaking descriptions of falcons, gazelles, and saluki gazehounds, the poems in Fate the Hunter capture the drama and tension of the hunt while offering meditations on Fate, mortality, and death.
A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

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2023-08-15